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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Granny plan to do with Charley after she catches him stealing her eggs?
(a) Keep her eye on him.
(b) Dance a jig with him.
(c) Teach him to dance.
(d) Take him for a horseback ride.

2. How is winter different in the mountains?
(a) There is no snow in the mountains.
(b) There is snow, which Charley has never seen before.
(c) The forest animals make the snow dirtier than in New York.
(d) The snow stays clean, white and pretty.

3. Charley admits what to Cois McRae?
(a) That he was afraid of climing trees like Cois.
(b) That he was afraid of spiders, too.
(c) That he was afraid to fire the gun, too.
(d) That he was afraid of chickens once.

4. In Chapter 15, Charley talks to Cois McRae and Cois agrees to stop what?
(a) Climbing trees.
(b) Fighting all the new kids.
(c) Teasing Sarie.
(d) Feeding the panthers.

5. When does the panther attack Charley by jumping at him.
(a) At night while Charley is unarmed.
(b) In the morning when Charley goes outside.
(c) In the daytime when Charley is planting corn.
(d) At night while Charley is sleeping.

6. Where is Granny's husband buried.
(a) In Jefferson.
(b) In Franklin.
(c) In Missouri.
(d) In New York.

7. Charley pours out his story to a man in a wagon, who says what?
(a) That he forgives Charley.
(b) That he hates Charley.
(c) That he didn't understand a word Charley said.
(d) That Charley is a coward.

8. Charley sleeps where in an abandoned farmhouse?
(a) In the hayloft.
(b) Near the back door.
(c) In a soft feather bed.
(d) With the horses.

9. When Granny mentions the panther in Chapter 14 and it turns up in Chapter 15, that is an example of what technique?
(a) Aftershadowing.
(b) Rhyme.
(c) Foreshadowing.
(d) Allusion.

10. The Blue Ridge Mountains are what?
(a) In Florida.
(b) Much closer than Charley thought.
(c) Much farther than Charley thought.
(d) In New York.

11. How does Charley feel about shooting a gun?
(a) He likes it better than using a hammer.
(b) He does it, but he still hates it.
(c) He loves shooting guns.
(d) He likes it, but he likes throwing knives more.

12. Granny points out that her husband was a carpenter who did not make what?
(a) Furniture.
(b) Mistakes.
(c) Beds.
(d) Moonshine whiskey.

13. Why does Granny caution Charley not to speak in town?
(a) So no one hears his Yankee accent.
(b) So he looks smart.
(c) So no one hears his Southern accent.
(d) So no one speaks to him.

14. When Granny goes to deliver the baby, where does Charley hear the panther?
(a) On top of the roof.
(b) In the forest.
(c) Inside the house.
(d) Below the basement.

15. Cois McRae admits to Charley that he would have been afraid to fire what?
(a) The little gun.
(b) A cap pistol.
(c) The big rifle.
(d) A toy gun.

Short Answer Questions

1. Hardtack is similar to what?

2. What religion is Charley?

3. What do Granny's neighbors call people from the north, especially soldiers?

4. What town does Granny take Charley to the store in?

5. What gift does Granny give Charley for the holidays?

(see the answer keys)

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